Google to unveil free email...

Hi,

I'd love to have a gig of space for email. Simply because 99% of my email is spam

Now, imagine you get 200 spam mails a day to a gmail address... it goes thru gmails filtering process, you then get your spam plus more ad's (provided by gmail) within each mail. Each email would take up more space than it would have already!!!

If I were to have a gig of space of which 99% was taken up by spam, the 99% of gmail's gig would end up being 99.9%..

There is only 1 place for spam..... and it aint in my mailbox... :D

I'm not knocking google for the idea of massive space.... I just think it's not been thought thru thoroughly enough.

Just my 2 pennies...

Phil

Now now lets not start the Gmail bashing before its even been launched.

We should let it prove itself first:D

Hehe p3,

true.. gotta give it a chance...

How long b4 I can bash it tho'?? how long.. please me wants to bash...

bash..

LOL

Phil

How long was MSN and Yahoo around for before the bashing began? :D:D

I agree P3-450.......

and come to think of it.....isn't all email scanned for certain words by a national security agency of some sort?.....oh well......I like Google and hope they pull it together.

Thats the spirit:D

Hi,

Well I aint bashed Yahoo yet.... I use it daily .;)

Hotmail got my goat cause I left it more than a month once and didn't check email... pardon me for being ill!!!! then they wanted some bucks to re-activate!!!!:mad:

Dont get me wrong POPPY4, I like google. And yes our email is probably scanned by national security services, secret police etc. but as far as I know they dont add to the email any adverts for products based on what words are included in the text of the mail.

:)

Phil

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Originally posted by techallenged
Hi,

Well I aint bashed Yahoo yet.... I use it daily .;)

Hotmail got my goat cause I left it more than a month once and didn't check email... pardon me for being ill!!!! then they wanted some bucks to re-activate!!!!:mad:

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Thats the reason i hate Hotmail.

I dont think yahoo is as bad but ive just logged into one of my Yahoo accounts and it has been deactivated because i havnt logged on for 4 months.

Unlike Hotmail i could just reactivate it without cost, although all my mail was deleted.

Lucky i dont use it as personal email:)

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Originally posted by techallenged
Hi,

Dont get me wrong POPPY4, I like google. And yes our email is probably scanned by national security services, secret police etc. but as far as I know they dont add to the email any adverts for products based on what words are included in the text of the mail.

:)

Phil

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I understand.....and the thought of gov't adverts is mind bogglin'....but then, the future's not that far off, eh???

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Originally posted by P3-450


Lucky i dont use it as personal email:)

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Well I use it as main email...

1. I used to swap dial up isp.. and kept chenging for a better deal (using yahoo meant I didn't have to keep informing friends and family of yet another change of email address)

2. It filters junk email (Bulk folder) without me downloading it and then sifting thru it.

3. Any attachments are held on server, so I risk less d/loading of virus etc ( I mean I delete emails with attachments from people I don't know via yahoo website) and only d/load to my PC after logging on to check mail first.

I think google could do a good job with a little refinement.

Phil

:)

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Originally posted by POPPY4
I understand.....and the thought of gov't adverts is mind bogglin'....but then, the future's not that far off, eh???

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Oh no... don't say that.. LOL

Last thing I need is a Political broadcast via email... LOL

phil

:)

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Originally posted by techallenged
Well I use it as main email...

1. I used to swap dial up isp.. and kept chenging for a better deal (using yahoo meant I didn't have to keep informing friends and family of yet another change of email address)

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That is one good reason for webmail.

I dont have much against Yahoo, i still have account with them but i wouldnt use it as my main email, i just use them and Hotmail for when i have to fill out a form and stuff like that.

And when Gmail come out i still wont have it as a main email, but if proven, i will use it a lot more.

Hi P3,

At the end of the day, any web based email IMO should not need to have any major space requirements. The 6 meg Yahoo provides is currently adequate for me.

I use yahoo and would use gmail as a filtering mechanism.... all my important email would be d/loaded to OE and backed up anyway. Leaving any important stuff on a server owned by any web-based provider would/could be asking for probs... Hence I dont see the need for a massive ammount of space... but that is my requirement.... of course each person will have differing requirements... perhaps I am lucky that I only receive 200 odd spams per day.. lol

Cheers

Phil

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Originally posted by techallenged
perhaps I am lucky that I only receive 200 odd spams per day.. lol

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Only?:rolleyes: :D

BTW have you found a broadband ISP yet, or are you still looking?

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BTW have you found a broadband ISP yet, or are you still looking?

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No, I stopped looking for the moment... Had some stuff to settle with my employers and too much else on plate as well.

Plus, with adsl if I wanna change I'm gonna be offline for at least 9 days while one service is deactivated and reactivated with a new ISP..

Also I know a guy who posted here about some of them cheaper 1 meg connections... he signed with hi-velocity about 4 weeks ago... and still waiting for activation.... so I'm sticking with Zen 512.. pricey but never had a problem... and if it aint broke??? why fix it.. lol

Phil